Commemorated:

1. Memorial:Wandsworth (Putney Vale) Cemetery And CrematoriumD.4. 94.
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.124
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour54A GQS
    

Awards & Titles:

Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches
Queen's South Africa Medal 5 Clasps
King's South African Campaign Medal 2 Clasps
1914 (Mons) Star
 

Family :

Lieutenant Colonel Philip Edward Hardwick (1875-1919) who was the son of the architect Philip Charles Hardwick.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars August 1914 : at Potchefstroom in South Africa. Recalled to England and joined 6th Cavalry Brigade in 3rd Cavalry Division at Ludgershall. 8 October 1914 : landed at Ostende. 20 November 1914 : transferred to 8th Cavalry Brigade in same Division. 12 March 1918 : transferred to 6th Cavalry Brigade in same Division.

Action : Post War 

Post War includes all operations in all theatres up to 31st August 1921. This excludes the campaign in Russia against the Bolsheviks. It also includes men who succombed to wounds post war and who died from various causes whilst still in the services but post war.

Educated at Eton, Colonel Hardwick served in the Hampshire Miitia from 1893 to 1897, when he was gazetted as a Lieutenant, Royal Dragoons, Hounslow (1898). He went to South Africa with that regiment in 1899 and served throughout the war, partly with his regiment and partly on the staff, receiving the Queen's Medal and five clasps, and the King's Medal with two clasps. He was Adjutant to the Royals from 1902 to 1905 and of the Surrey Yeomanry from 1906 to 1910.

Detail :

Hampshire Telegraph 20 June 1919 "COLONEL HARDWICK'S DEATH. - Lieut.-Colonel P.E. Hardwick, D.S.O., who was buried in London on Friday, was well known in Midhurst as the eldest son of Mrs. Lascelles, of Rotherfield House, his father being the late Mr. Philip Hardwick, the well-known architect. In 1914 Colonel Hardwick went to France with the Royals, was wounded in May, 1915, and in 1916 was given the command of the 10th Hussars. He was again wounded in 1917, and suffered from severe blood-poisoning, which was the ultimate cause of his death. He was awarded the D.S.O. and 1914 Star and mentioned in despatches."

An account of his funeral, held at Putney, was recorded in the Chichester Observer, 25th June 1919. The style was very much a military funeral with a host of military dignitaries present. A guard of honour was provided by the Scots guards, who also provided a volley of fire and ended by the "Last Post.

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Wellesley No. 1899 E.C.Berkshire
Joined : Queen Mary's No. 3327 E.C. London

Initiated
Passed
Raised
6th October 1898
3rd November 1898
1st December 1898
 

Initiate of Wellesley Lodge No 1899 in 1898.
Petitioning and joining member of the Princess of Wales Lodge No 3327 at its warranted to meet 5th August 1908. In Queen Mary's Lodge contribution records it shows "Died from Wounds 1918".


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